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Play: Click on the button next to the correct form of the verb.

Then, click on the 'Score' button to check the game.

There are two games of 10 words each in this section. This is the first game.

1. They _______ a fish as soon as they threw their net.
Choice 2 was catching
Choice 1 caught
Choice 3 were catching
2. We _______ along the highway when we realised we were running out of fuel.
Choice 3 was driving
Choice 1
were driving
Choice 2 drove
3. Julie _______ up her bedroom when she found the ring she had lost.
Choice 2 were tidying
Choice 1 was tidying
Choice 3 tidied
4. They _______ down the stairs and broke the wooden banister.
Choice 1 fell
Choice 2 was falling
Choice 3 were falling
5. Greg _______ when he fell and broke his leg.
Choice 2 skied
Choice 3
were skiing
Choice 1
was skiing
6. While I was reading to him he _______ how to slip away.
Choice 2 planned
Choice 1 was planning
Choice 3 were planning
7. The archaeologist found a huge fossil while he _______ in Patagonia.
Choice 2 dug
Choice 3 were digging
Choice 1 was digging
8. The cat _______ the mouse until it got into a hole.
Choice 1 chased
Choice 2 was chasing
Choice 3 were chasing
9. I was fast asleep when the bell _______.
Choice 3 was ringing
Choice 1 rang
Choice 2 were ringing
10. I _______ over the bridge when I saw a strange man near the riverbank.
Choice 1 was walking
Choice 2 were walking
Choice 3 walked